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Hotel Majestic, Harrogate; "My dear Smith I was about to write to you"
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Manuscript letter in Arthur Conan Doyle's handwriting.

Hotel Majestic, Harrogate; "My dear Smith I was about to write to you"

Date26 May 1917
Names
FormatManuscript
Notes
Letter written by Doyle to his Strand editor Greenhough Smith. Refers to "The British Campaign in France and Flanders" (in The Strand Magazine, ending June 1917). 
Subject
    GeographyCountryUnited Kingdom
    Medium
    Correspondence
    Language
      CollectionArthur Conan Doyle Collection
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object Number37131055095426-46D
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